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May God bless his family. My prays go out to them.RIP Coach Gut
Another tough loss for the UNC family, just three months after DES.RIP Coach Gut
I think Gut has always been under appreciated for his contributions to Tar Heel basketball. Our real legacy was created by the Dean of coaches coach Smith but always by his side was coach Gut. Gut had many opportunities to be the had coach at other schools but coach Gut understood something that now days seems like a notion of the past, coach Gut was the very definition of loyal. Loyal to his best friend Dean, Loyal to the UNC program, loyal to its supporters. Coach Gut never sought out the lime light, matter of fact he wanted to retire with Dean, Dean talked him in to staying and taking over the job, Gut only took the head job when Dean retired because Dean wanted it that way. You see, loyality between those 2 men was unquestionable.
Many now days seem some what less than thrilled that Gut took over for Roy, many at the time he did wanted to bring Roy back but Dean knew, Gut did to that there had to be a transition coach come in directly after a legend steps away and that transition coach is never going to be accepted, it was just a thing the program had to go thru and yet in doing so Gut still coached UNC basketball to final 4s.
And what about Gut's time as Dean's assistant, it was Gut that worked with the big men, was a real key in the UNC success at working the ball in to our bigs for those high % shots that won us so many games, that enticed so many great big men to wear Carolina Blue during their college days. WE were/are so willing to portray the legacy that is UNC basketball as being about Dean Smith and deserved but always by Dean's side was coach Gut, be it Robin to Dean's Batman, be it Poncho to Dean's Cisco, always the trusted friend, Gut was always there at Dean's side and maybe none of us will ever truly understand how much that did mean to Dean but had Dean been able to talk about this passing of his good friend today Dean would have credited Gut with at least as much of the reason UNC was successful under his watch and likely even more knowing Dean. And doing so Gut would have quickly spoken up, no Dean, I could never have done what you have and you know Dean would have told the man that, I could not have achieved what I have with you Gut.
Some how I just knew with Dean's passing that it would not be long before we discovered that we had as well lost Coach Gut, well heaven not only has its head coach but it also has his assistant, his right hand man, his good friend for all those many years, some how you just knew one could not be without the other for long, together again, as it is, as it should be, as it will now be forever.
RIP coach Gut, you will never be forgotten...
DSouthr, I would say that your entire post is noteworthy. Coach Guthridge was once amongst the people that I counted as a friend. He will be missed. His legacy was and is servitude to UNC basketball and thus, UNC. He will remain one of the most prominent people ever to grace the very foundations of Chapel Hill. May he rest in peace...I think Gut has always been under appreciated for his contributions to Tar Heel basketball. Our real legacy was created by the Dean of coaches coach Smith but always by his side was coach Gut. Gut had many opportunities to be the had coach at other schools but coach Gut understood something that now days seems like a notion of the past, coach Gut was the very definition of loyal. Loyal to his best friend Dean, Loyal to the UNC program, loyal to its supporters. Coach Gut never sought out the lime light, matter of fact he wanted to retire with Dean, Dean talked him in to staying and taking over the job, Gut only took the head job when Dean retired because Dean wanted it that way. You see, loyality between those 2 men was unquestionable.
Many now days seem some what less than thrilled that Gut took over for Roy, many at the time he did wanted to bring Roy back but Dean knew, Gut did to that there had to be a transition coach come in directly after a legend steps away and that transition coach is never going to be accepted, it was just a thing the program had to go thru and yet in doing so Gut still coached UNC basketball to final 4s.
And what about Gut's time as Dean's assistant, it was Gut that worked with the big men, was a real key in the UNC success at working the ball in to our bigs for those high % shots that won us so many games, that enticed so many great big men to wear Carolina Blue during their college days. WE were/are so willing to portray the legacy that is UNC basketball as being about Dean Smith and deserved but always by Dean's side was coach Gut, be it Robin to Dean's Batman, be it Poncho to Dean's Cisco, always the trusted friend, Gut was always there at Dean's side and maybe none of us will ever truly understand how much that did mean to Dean but had Dean been able to talk about this passing of his good friend today Dean would have credited Gut with at least as much of the reason UNC was successful under his watch and likely even more knowing Dean. And doing so Gut would have quickly spoken up, no Dean, I could never have done what you have and you know Dean would have told the man that, I could not have achieved what I have with you Gut.
Some how I just knew with Dean's passing that it would not be long before we discovered that we had as well lost Coach Gut, well heaven not only has its head coach but it also has his assistant, his right hand man, his good friend for all those many years, some how you just knew one could not be without the other for long, together again, as it is, as it should be, as it will now be forever.
RIP coach Gut, you will never be forgotten...
RIP Coach Gut
Many Carolina fans don't know the story behind the timing of Dean's retirement. Dean retired so close to the start of a season so the school could not go in any other direction but Coach Gut. Dean also wanted Gut to be able to retire on a head coach's salary. Coach Gut needed 3 years at his higher salary so he could retire with a higher state pension.
Heaven's bball team just got their assistant coach. RIP Gut, a legendary Tar Heel.